Originally Posted by AuthorEditor
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Some of us actually prefer to pay someone else to do it. Our time and effort that it would take to do this basic labor is precious.
I might if I could trust the someone to do the job properly. I started changing my own oil after suffering from multiple stripped drain plugs on different cars, noting the often wrong and always cheapo filters used, noting the wrong and often cheapo bulk oil used, noting the lack of fluids in things that were supposedly checked, noting the lack of oil in the motorcycle when the engine seized after paying for a change, noting the lack of my oil filter cap after wondering why oil was dripping down from the engine compartment, noting the mechanic using the wrong oil as I observed him put it in, then deny he was doing so, then bill me for the oil I requested, etc. etc.
I guess I have just been lucky over the past 20 years, none of that happened to me. I am willing to accept the risk now, maybe someday it changes.
I did have a few wheel studs get damaged once from a tire rotation at my oil change place. Now it either gets done at my tire shop or my indy mechanic if I have the car there for other repairs when due.